Gahira
Para block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723155
· village code 330135
Population 2011
1,231
Census of India
Population 2020
1,311
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.5%
80 people · 0.7% a year
Households
355
+57.1% vs 226 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,231
Male / female
618 / 613
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
197
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
853 / 0
Working population
443
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
19.2%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
251
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
285
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
145 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 30 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Udaypur-Joynagar panchayat, Para zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹68.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.38 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹84.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.18 lakh · received ₹33.07 lakh · spent ₹27.06 lakh · left ₹29.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.17 lakh · received ₹47.31 lakh · spent ₹57.82 lakh · left ₹35.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4595, 86.4425 —
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